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World Fitness Tour

World Fitness Tour: 2025 Prize Purse, Point Breakdown, and Movement List

Last week, World Fitness Project (WFP) athletes were sent a packet containing information regarding the upcoming season.  Here is the full statement from Hicks:  View this post on ... Continue Reading

Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants You to Spice up Your Lat Pulldowns

Seven-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a fitness advocate for the last six decades. He continues to share tips to help fellow fitness enthusiasts, including his Arnold’s Pump Club members, ... Continue Reading

What Peak Week Looks Like for a World’s Strongest Woman Champion

Peak week is the final stretch for athletes preparing for competition, when they fine-tune their training and nutrition to ensure their best performance. 2018 World's Strongest Woman ... Continue Reading

2025 Arnold Pro Wheelchair Preview

The 2025 Arnold Pro Wheelchair, part of the 2025 Arnold Classic, will be held on Saturday, March 1, in Columbus, OH. This annual event is one of the Men’s Wheelchair division’s two major championship ... Continue Reading

5 Straightforward Weight Loss Tips From an Olympia Champion

Losing weight requires discipline, consistency, and planning. Former Women’s Physique Olympia champion Dana Linn Bailey recently unwrapped her top five straightforward weight loss tips that you can apply ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Open Registrations

2025 CrossFit Open Registration Lags, Games Set for Lower Prize Purse

The Open begins in 8 days. Register here. We are just over one week away from the start of the 2025 CrossFit Open and less than two weeks to the submission deadline for 25.1, on Monday, March ... Continue Reading

Hany Rambod Grades Ramon Queiroz’s Physique

In early February 2025, retired bodybuilding coach Hany Rambod critiqued reigning Arnold Classic Physique champion Wesley Vissers’ 2024 Olympia physique on his Truth Podcast. He recently compared top ... Continue Reading

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Organización de Amigos Expands, Brings Fitness to More At-Risk Youth in Oregon Schools

Jessica Dudley created Organización de Amigos in 2023 as an after-school program in Oregon serving Title I school students.  Dudley came up with the idea when she realized that students with limited ... Continue Reading

2025 Fitness International Preview

The 2025 Fitness International competition will be one of seven IFBB Professional League competitions held at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH, from Feb. 28 to March 1, 2025.  Ariel Khadr ... Continue Reading

16 Ways the Keto Diet Has Evolved

The keto diet minimizes carbohydrate intake to prioritize more fat in an attempt to prompt the body to burn fat for energy, support weight loss, control appetite, and help treat health conditions. ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open 25.3

CrossFit Open Announcement 25.3: First Look and Predictions

The third and final week of the 2025 CrossFit Open will start with the 25.3 live announcement, where three of the best male athletes in the sport will throw down against each other: James Sprague, Dallin ... Continue Reading

Divisions Collide — Ramon Queiroz, Matthew Greggo, and Derek Lunsford’s 2025 Arnold Classic Arm Training

2023 Mr. Olympia champion Derek Lunsford and 2023 Arnold Classic Physique champion Ramon Queiroz recently partnered up for an arm workout. Queiroz is in the middle of his off-season, while Lunsford is in ... Continue Reading

How and Why These 5 Exercises Generate More Triceps Growth

Many gym goers obsess over biceps curls, not realizing the larger triceps have more growth potential. Comprised of two rear heads and a lateral muscle on the upper arm, the triceps extend the arm and ... Continue Reading

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2025 CrossFit Training Camp Preview: Underdogs Athletics

When you picture an intense and animated coach yelling and pouring every ounce of emotion and energy into their athletes on the competition floor, you are imagining Justin Cotler.  And like so many ... Continue Reading

How 2025 Bikini International Frontrunner Aimee Delgado Preps for Competition

IFBB Pro Bikini competitor Aimee Delgado will battle for the 2025 Bikini International title at the 2025 Arnold Classic (AC) in Columbus, OH, scheduled for Feb. 28 through March 2. It will be Delgado's ... Continue Reading

How Michal “Križo” Križánek Develops a Freaky-Massive Back

IFBB Professional League Men’s Open bodybuilder Michal “Križo” Križánek has been recovering from a shoulder injury he suffered in 2024. He is back in the gym, preparing for the 2025 season.  Križánek ... Continue Reading

Sam Sulek Wins Competitive Bodybuilding Show Debut at the 2025 NPC Legends Classic

Sam Sulek is one of the most popular bodybuilders in the sport right now, with over 6 million Instagram followers and just shy of 4 million YouTube subscribers at the time of this article's publication. ... Continue Reading

Ronnie Coleman Trains Men’s Open Bodybuilder Blessing Awodibu Through Push Day

Eight-time Mr. Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman had a special guest enter his gym to train chests and triceps under his expert guidance: 2022 New York Pro champion Blessing Awodibu. The workout consisted of ... Continue Reading

Can A.I. Function as a Strength Coach?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be evolving at lightspeed. 2024 Strongest Man on Earth (SMoE) Mitchell Hooper recently entertained the scenario: Can AI replace strength coaches? Hooper ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Open

Who Is Skipping the 2025 CrossFit Open? All the Athletes We Know So Far

As we get closer to the CrossFit Open Workout 25.1 announcement, the competitive landscape has continued to shift in significant ways. While some athletes have posted advertisements for the Open ... Continue Reading

What Derek Lunsford Eats on High-Calorie Day During 2025 Arnold Classic Prep

Two-time Olympia champion Derek Lunsford is carb cycling to prepare for his Arnold Classic (AC) debut from Feb. 28 to March 2 in Columbus, OH. Lunsford’s carb intake ranges from over 200 grams on low ... Continue Reading

CrossFit New England Ben Bergeron

Why We Are De-Affiliating: CrossFit New England

Editor’s Note: Several weeks ago, Ben Bergeron (CF-L4) announced to his CrossFit New England community that his gym, CFNE, would be de-affiliating from CrossFit. CFNE was established in 2007 and has ... Continue Reading

Build Your Butt Like Bodybuilder Tefani-Sam Genadi Razhi

Wellness bodybuilder and Olympian Tefani-Sam Genadi Razhi has some of the best glutes in the game. She recently shared her leg day workout in mid-February 2025, showing how she focuses on low-moderate reps ... Continue Reading

Can an Ultramarathon Swimmer Train Like a Strongman?

2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall teamed with ultramarathon swimmer Ross Edgley to see who could achieve the biggest arm pump during a training session in mid-February ... Continue Reading

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